Mad Cool is a music festival held annually in Madrid, Spain, since 2016. It chiefly features pop, rock, and indie music, as well as various DJs and electronic music performers.
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| Location(s) | Madrid, Spain |
| Years active | 2016–present |
The 2016 and 2017 festivals took place in the Caja Mágica. The organization then moved the festival to an open-air space in Valdebebas. Peak attendance happened in the 2018 edition, with 240,000 participants distributed along the three days of the festival (12–14 July), featuring a troubling first day due to agglomerations.[1][2] In the 2020 edition, the daily maximum attendance was reduced to 60,000 by the organization, and the length was expanded to four full festival days.[3]
Lineups
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Acts performing at the festival have included:
- 2016 (16–18 June): The Who · Vetusta Morla · Editors · Garbage · Lori Meyers · The Prodigy · Die Antwoord · Jane's Addiction · Bastille · Band of Horses · Neil Young · Two Door Cinema Club · Biffy Clyro · Capital Cities.[4]
- 2017 (6–8 July): Foo Fighters · Foals · Belle and Sebastian · The Lumineers · Green Day · Alt-J · Ryan Adams · Rancid · Cage the Elephant · Spoon · Kings of Leon · Wilco · M.I.A. · Foster the People · Moderat · Dinosaur Jr.[5]
- 2018 (12–14 July): Pearl Jam · Tame Impala · Kasabian · Post Malone · Arctic Monkeys · Jack White · Massive Attack · Franz Ferdinand · Snow Patrol · Alice in Chains · Depeche Mode · Queens of the Stone Age · Nine Inch Nails · Dua Lipa · Underworld.[6]
- 2019 (11–13 July): Bon Iver · Vampire Weekend · Ms. Lauryn Hill · The Chemical Brothers · Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds · Empire of the Sun · Iggy Pop · The National · Vetusta Morla · The Smashing Pumpkins · Vince Staples · Marina · Sharon Van Etten · Wolfmother · Miles Kane · The Cure · Prophets of Rage · Robyn · Gossip · Greta Van Fleet · Rosalía.[7][8][9]
- 2020 (8-11 July): Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]
- 2021 (7–10 July): Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]
- 2022 (6–10 July): Metallica · Twenty One Pilots · Placebo · Imagine Dragons · The Killers · Muse · Kings of Leon · Pixies · Florence and The Machine · Carly Rae Jepsen · Wolf Alice · Yungblud · Deftones · St. Vincent · Foals · Leon Bridges · Sylvan Esso · Sigrid · Tove Lo · Alt-J · The War on Drugs · MØ · Jamie Cullum · Parcels · Royal Blood · Zara Larsson · Editors · Daytime TV · Nothing but Thieves · Phoebe Bridgers · Black Pumas.[11]
- 2023 (6–8 July): Robbie Williams · Lizzo · Lil Nas X · Machine Gun Kelly · Queens of the Stone Age · The Black Keys · Sam Smith · Red Hot Chili Peppers · Liam Gallagher · M.I.A. · The Prodigy · Sigur Rós · The 1975 · Franz Ferdinand · Rina Sawayama · Paolo Nutini · Rüfüs Du Sol · Tash Sultana · Jacob Collier · Puscifer · Jamie xx · Years & Years · Sylvan Esso · Bombay Bicycle Club · Angel Olsen · The Driver Era · Men I Trust · Pixey
References
edit- ^ "Conoce los 10 festivales españoles con más asistentes de 2018". Dodmagazine. 11 March 2019.
- ^ Lema, Katy (24 October 2019). "Mad Cool 2020 limitará su aforo a 60.000 personas diarias". El País.
- ^ "Mad Cool Festival 2020 kicks off". Mad Cool Festival.
- ^ "La primera edición del Mad Cool finaliza con éxito". Heraldo. 19 June 2016.
- ^ Pérez, Fernando (13 July 2017). "Crónica Mad Cool Festival 2017: jueves 6, viernes 7 y sábado 8 de julio". El Quinto Beatle.
- ^ Garnés, Diego; Cordero, Aida (18 July 2018). "Crónica: Mad Cool Festival 2018". elbackstagemag.
- ^ Martiarena, Asier (14 July 2019). "La clase media catapulta al Mad Cool". La Vanguardia.
- ^ Pinazo, Manuel; Olmo, Raúl del (15 July 2019). "Mad Cool 2019 (Valdebebas/IFEMA) Madrid 10-13 julio". Muzikalia.
- ^ "Mad Cool: Rosalía pone el festival a sus píes". La Vanguardia. 2019-07-11.
- ^ a b "Mad Cool Festival postponed to 2022 over coronavirus concerns". NME. 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- ^ Mad Cool Festival announces its first names for 2022
